The COVID-19 shock has illustrated the risks associated with an interdependent global trade when supply sources are concentrated. Dependence on imported intermediate goods has led to disruptions in global value chains (GVCs) that propagated through several countries.
The study "Measuring exposure and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to global value chains: An analysis based on imported specified intermediate goods in Canada" is now available. This study builds on the Broad Economic Categories (BEC) classification to analyze Canada's exposure to specified intermediate goods (SIGs) imported from 2019 to 2021, a type of goods highly associated with global value chains.
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